Removal of all or part of the PROSTATE, often using a cystoscope and/or resectoscope passed through the URETHRA.
Also Known As:
TURP; VLAP; TURPs; Prostate Transurethral Resection; Transurethral Microwave Thermotherapy; Transurethral Prostate Resection; Microwave Thermotherapy, Transurethral; Prostate Resection, Transurethral; Prostate Resections, Transurethral; Prostate Transurethral Electroresection; Prostate Transurethral Electroresections; Prostate Transurethral Electrovaporization; Prostate Transurethral Electrovaporizations; Prostate Transurethral Resections; Prostate Transurethral Vaporesection; Prostate Transurethral Vaporesections; Prostatectomies, Transurethral; Resection, Transurethral Prostate; Resections, Transurethral Prostate; Thermotherapies, Transurethral; Thermotherapy, Transurethral; Thermotherapy, Transurethral Microwave; Transurethral Prostate Resections; Transurethral Prostatectomies; Transurethral Prostatectomy; Transurethral Thermotherapies; Transurethral Ultrasound Guided Laser Induced Prostatectomy; Contact Laser Ablation of Prostate; Prostatectomy, Transurethral; TUVP; Transurethral Electroresection of Prostate; Transurethral Electrovaporization of Prostate; Transurethral Needle Ablation of Prostate; Transurethral Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation; Transurethral Thermotherapy; Transurethral Ultrasound-Guided Laser-Induced Prostatectomy; Transurethral Vaporesection of Prostate; Transurethral Visual Laser Ablation of Prostate